Although I've been a tea drinker pretty much since I could walk to school on my own, I always find there's more to learn about my favorite drink. So when my friend Rita asked if I wanted to go with her to a tea workshop last week, I was game.The only catch: it was in … [Read more...]
In search of a custom tailor in Hong Kong
When my mom bought me a sari in India earlier this year, I immediately thought about turning it into a dress. After all, my mom had done the same in 1965 with a sari she bought on her first trip to India. So after inquiring around Chicago for several months and not finding … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
Jake flew to China a month ago today and visited Hidden River, his father's hometown in Hubei Province. Although I always stayed at my former in-laws' apartment when I visited, Jake stayed in a hotel there.So I sent him this photo and asked if this is where he was … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
It's difficult to believe I was in Paris three months ago. This is what we arrived to: a garbage and recyclers' strike. At first I thought there'd been a big party in the neighborhood the night before and the recycling couldn't all fit into the bin! … [Read more...]
French Cheese Box
On an Air France flight to Paris a few months ago, I got talking to our flight attendant as the plane was landing. When he learned we were staying at the Hotel Beaumarchais, he raved about a restaurant on the same street.I think we found that restaurant! It was run by two … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 53
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- …
- 245
- Next Page »